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After Trump led a disturbing chant directed at an American citizen & Congresswoman to "send her back," many are comparing Trump's rallies to those from Nazi Germany

In fact, because of a law called Volksverhetzung, Trump could never do what he does in America in Germany
(THREAD)
(2) Volksverhetzung means "incitement of the masses," and it's a crime in Germany punishable by up to 5 years in prison. Similar laws are on the books in UK, Sweden, Finland, Ireland & Russia

Trump would've been found in violation of this law years ago
definitions.net/definition/vol…
(3) It applies to anyone who...

"incites hatred against segments of the population or calls for violent or arbitrary measures against them; assaults the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning, or defaming segments of the population."

vox.com/2019/7/19/2070…
(4) Volksverhetzung isn't just some abstract law Germany threw on the books to prosecute Nazis. They use it actively today to address the kinds of lies and hatred that Holocaust deniers spread.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
(5) While this German magazine was published several years ago in the wake of Charlottesville, it still feels applicable today. Germans can clearly see the same warning signs of the fascism in Trump and his rhetoric that gave them Hitler & the Holocaust.

metro.co.uk/2017/08/25/ger…
(6) Some have asked why the United States doesn't have similar incitement laws, but we've enshrined and glorified freedom of speech to such an extent that we've allowed the use of racist symbols to thrive, especially in the South.

vox.com/world/2017/8/1…
(7) Germans and other Europeans prize freedom of speech as well, but they cite a concept called "defensive democracy."

It's the idea that sometimes, in order to protect freedoms for everyone, you must limit some rights in order to restore balance to democracy.
(8) It's the concept your elementary school used to put up posters about. Fair doesn't always mean equal. Sometimes it requires us to look at an oppressive system and counter that injustice.

latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/…
(9) I'm not sure what the right answer is for America, but one thing is for certain. Trump has forced us to take a good, hard look in the mirror. Most of us don't like the hatred we see staring back at us.

In 2020, we'll have to decide what we value most.
washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
(10) The concept of "defensive democracy" may be a useful one as we move forward in a post-Trump landscape where distrust of our neighbors and fellow citizens is the new normal.

We've got a lot of wounds to heal and reparations to make.
foreignaffairs.com/articles/weste…
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